I posted the other day that I was not going to post on this blog anymore and got such a wonderful comment from Tewshooz that I changed my mind.
I do not have the energy - nor motivation - to create the long posts from before, but will try and keep in contact with you all via shorter, pertinent posts if I feel that I have something worthwhile to contribute.
Said cleaning involved using Brasso - a chemical rubbing compound. And was always a mission. It took literally hours and left us (me) with aching arms and fingers from all the rubbing. And the process left our hands and nails filthy and imprinted with dirty Brasso residue. As well as the surface on which we had cleaned the copper and brass items.
Partially cleaned copper using toothpaste |
I have previously successfully used cooled wood ash, but, being in short supply of wood ash at the moment, toothpaste more than adequately gets the job done.
And, unlike Brasso, this cleaning agent contains no health warnings - and no harmful chemicals are required to get the job done. If toothpaste is good enough for my teeth (and mouth) then it is certainly OK for my hands and fingers.
You can see in the last photo that there are a number of copper items which are sorely in need of a good clean. In honour of Ronnie I will try and sort that out before Christmas.